# pescar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin piscārī.

### Verb

pescar (first-person singular indicative present pesco, past participle pescáu)
* to fish

#### Related terms

* pexe

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* peixcar

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscārī, a verb based on piscis (“fish”, noun).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəsˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pesˈkaɾ]

### Verb

pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesquí, past participle pescat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive, intransitive) to fish
* (transitive, figurative) to land; to catch
    pescar la grip ― to catch the flu

#### Derived terms

* pesca
* pescaclics
* pescada
* pescaire
* pescallar
* pescamines
* pesquer

#### Related terms

* peix
* pescador
* piscar

### Further reading

* “pescar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pescar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pescar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pescar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī. Compare Portuguese pescar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pesˈkaɾ/

### Verb

pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesquei, past participle pescado)
* to fish
    Non se pescan troitas con bragas enxoitas (proverb) ― You won't fish trouts with dry pants
* (figurative) to catch, grasp; capture
    Synonyms: cachar, capturar, coller
** 1908, Xesús Rodríguez López, Gallegadas, page 135:Amáñanse poñéndose moitos refaixos e cruzan os panos por diante o seo; todo pra aparentar máis gordas e rebustas: en vez de poñer as carnes ó aire, tápa-nas percurando aparecer que elas teñen moitas, aínda que falten pola casa. Dempois andan azoroñando a carón dos mozos i ós que queren pescar físga-nos polo rabiño do ollo. Si eles se fan de rogar entón carexan as mozas astra que miran pra elasThey dress up with many underskirts and they cross the clothes before their bosom; all that so they seem fatter and more robust: instead of showing the flesh they cover it attempting to look as if they have much, even if it lacks at home. After this they wander around the boys, and the ones they want to fish, they catch them by the corner of the eye. If they play hard to get, then they speak together loudly till the boys look at them

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* pescadeiro
* pescado
* Pescaduira
* pesco

#### Further reading

* “pescar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “pescar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pescar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pescar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pescar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pescar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pescar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan pescar, from Latin piscārī.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pescar
* to fish

#### Related terms

* peis
* pescador

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī. Compare Galician pescar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pesˈka(ʁ)/ [pesˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pesˈka(ʁ)/ [pesˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pesˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /peʃˈka(ʁ)/ [peʃˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pesˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨʃˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨʃˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨʃˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pes‧car

### Verb

pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesquei, past participle pescado)
* to fish (try to catch fish)
* to remove an object from a body of water
* to fish (attempt to find an object by searching among other objects)
* (informal) to understand
* (Brazil, idiomatic, intransitive) to doze, to slumber (to sleep very briefly and unintentionally)
    Synonym: moscar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* pesca-siri
* pesque-e-pague

#### Related terms

* peixe
* pesca
* pescada
* pescado
* pescador
* pescaria

#### Descendants

* Annobonese: piska
* Guinea-Bissau Creole: piska
* Kabuverdianu: piská
* Papiamentu: piska

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* păscar

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscārius.

### Noun

pescar m (plural pescari)
* fisher, fisherman

#### Derived terms

* pescăreasă
* pescăresc
* pescărie
* pescărime
* pescărit
* pescăriță
* pescăruș

#### Related terms

* pescui
* pește

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pesˈkaɾ/ [pesˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pes‧car

### Verb

pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesqué, past participle pescado)
* to fish
* to angle
* (colloquial) to get
    Synonym: coger
* (colloquial) to catch
    Synonym: captar
* (colloquial) to mind, pay attention to (a person)
    Synonym: tomar en cuenta
* (colloquial) to search, or fish for information
* (colloquial) to screw, to get action (have sex)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* caña de pescar
* no se pescan truchas a bragas enjutas
* pesca
* pescar una cogorza
* repescar

#### Related terms

* pescadería
* pescadero
* pescado
* pescador
* pesquería
* pesquero
* pez, peje

### Further reading

* “pescar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10